diff --git a/tst/EtcdSyncTest.cpp b/tst/EtcdSyncTest.cpp
index 87eb316..0b7abe6 100644
--- a/tst/EtcdSyncTest.cpp
+++ b/tst/EtcdSyncTest.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ TEST_CASE("sync operations")
   CHECK(2 == etcd.ls("/test/new_dir").keys().size());
 
   // keys
-  CHECK(0 == etcd.keys("/test/new_dir").keys().size());
   etcd.set("/test/new_dir/key1", "value1");
   etcd.set("/test/new_dir/key2", "value2");
   CHECK(2 == etcd.keys("/test/new_dir").keys().size());